11 editor picks in Boston.
Boston's cocktail scene runs from hidden Beacon Hill rooms to brewery beer halls in the Seaport. The Wig Shop and Yvonne's work the speakeasy and supper-club end on Beacon Hill, while Backbar in Somerville is a craft-cocktail mainstay across the river. Trillium and Harpoon's beer halls in the Seaport and Fort Point area round out a wide drinking map.
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Drink Absinthe Sazerac
The Wig Shop has run a speakeasy-style cocktail bar behind a fake wig-shop storefront on Temple Place in Downtown Boston since 2019.
Drink Greek mastiha milk punch
Backbar in Union Square Somerville has poured artful cocktails behind an unmarked door in Boston since 2011.
Drink Pint of Sam Adams Boston Lager
Bleacher Bar on Lansdowne Street sits beneath the centre-field bleachers at Fenway Park in Boston's Kenmore Square since 2008.
Drink Spanish gin and tonic with juniper
Julio de Haro's Estragon on Harrison Avenue has poured Spanish gin-tonics and tapas in Boston's South End since 2008.
Drink Aviation cocktail
Yvonne's reopened the historic Locke-Ober space on Winter Place in Downtown Boston in 2015 as a modern supper club.
Drink Charles Street Manhattan
Alibi inside the Liberty Hotel on Charles Street has run a former-jail-cell cocktail bar in Beacon Hill Boston since 2007.
Drink Gin and Tonic with global gins
The Gin Palace at Nine on Park Street is the cocktail bar inside the new Nine restaurant on Beacon Hill in Boston since August 2025.
Drink Grappa and espresso
Caffe Vittoria on Hanover Street has poured espresso and grappa in Boston's North End since 1929.
Drink Trillium IPA
Trillium on Thomson Place is the Fort Point three-storey taproom and brewpub in Boston since 2018.
Drink Harpoon IPA
Harpoon Brewery's Beer Hall on Northern Avenue in Boston's Seaport has poured pints since 1986.
Backbar is cocktail bar with no sign, hidden behind an unmarked door in union square somerville; the field and vine team owns it as of early 2025.
